“All the little bits”
okkayyy…let’s just stick to the process and wait for this whole thing to blow over
This is such a classic engineer brain solution to the problem. It just warms my heart.
When I started algebra in something like 5th grade I had a huge issue with f(x) and the best answer my teacher gave me was that “the equation is a function of x” and couldn’t explain it differently and I couldn’t get over the fact that we are not multiplying whatever f is by X. “If we’re going to set precedent with notation at least be fucking consistent” - 5th grade me probably